Celeriac This is a variety of celery forming a swollen root which may be used and eaten raw in salads, or cooked for soups and flavoring. The stem can be cooked in the same way as seakale and, unlike celery, […]
What is Celeriac
How to grow corn from seed
Sweet Corn Zea mays rugosa is known as sweet corn. This cereal is a native of America and is boiled as a vegetable. The John Innes hybrid varieties remain popular, but `Kelvedon Glory’ is a newer introduction of merit. In […]
5 Ways to Maintain the Trees in Your Backyard
Trees are some of the most important aspects of nature and the environment. Trees improve the home ecosystem as they act as a source of fresh air. They also add aesthetic value to your home. To continue enjoying these benefits, […]
Is It Safe to Use Diatomaceous Earth in Your Garden?
Gardening is not only a stress-reducing hobby but can free you from purchasing overpriced store-bought vegetables like tomatoes and spinach. Not to mention, gardening keeps your property looking beautiful, especially when your planted flowers start to bloom. However, like everything […]
Landscaping Styles to Consider for your Landscape Renovation – Projects
Exploring different landscape styles is an exciting and challenging task for a property owner. Although there are various landscape styles you are free to choose from, changes happen every year, which you need to deal with. Like fashion, the landscape […]
Knowing what type of Lawn Grass Seed to use
Grass seed for lawns Of the 150-160 grass species found in England, but only about six are used for lawns. Proprietary lawn seed mixtures consist of the merchant’s special mixes of some or all of these seeds and are sold […]
How to prune trees and shrubs
Pruning ornamentals Ornamental shrubs and trees by no means all require pruning; certainly not regularly. A number profit from it, however, even though they may survive without it. Pruning ornamentals is simply a matter of assisting them to appear at […]
History of Organic Gardening
Organic gardening This is a system of gardening in which organic products (derived from organisms that have had life) are used to maintain and increase soil fertility. Until the nineteenth-century gardeners relied almost solely on organic wastes for manuring the […]
How to Grow and water house plants
There are two kinds of plant that we bring into our houses. The more spectacular are the flowering plants, cyclamen, azaleas or African violets. Unfortunately their season of attractiveness is limited. All too soon the flowers will fade and the […]
Using Hops and Mushrooms as compost manure
Spent hops The residue after hops have been extracted with water in the brewery is usually sold to haulage contractors who supply commercial growers with the entire output from many breweries and in consequence, the amounts available for gardeners are […]